It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.
-Gautama Buddha
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
-Theodore Roosevelt
A fool with a heart and no sense is just as unhappy as a fool with sense and no heart.
-Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
Every one of us has in him a continent of undiscovered character. Blessed is he who acts as Columbus to his own soul.
No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.
-François De La Rochefoucauld
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
In thinking, “This is I” and “That is mine”, he binds himself with his self, as does a bird with a snare.